Oaxaca is also the site of a successful educational experiment. The group Tercer Pisos Arquitectos (Dominik Brandis, Alexander Matl, Giulio Polita, Florian Schafschetzy, Rüdiger Suppin, Rupert Zallman) have built a large cantilevered platform near the city, on behalf of the Tonantzin Tlalli Institute.
Developed during a design course held in 2003 by Wolf D. Prix at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, the project transmutes a very simple need into architecture, offering substantial aid to the inhabitants of the village of Paraje Bonanza. The canopy collects rainwater in a tank with a capacity of 65,000 litres. Laura Bossi


Natural stone is an eternal material
Now in its 59th edition, Marmomac returns to Verona from September 23 to 26 to showcase the role of stone in contemporary design.